Satellite data acquired by a human rights entity indicates that Burmese forces razed over 100 square kilometers of land in Myanmar's Rakhine state, following another military crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya population. 

Residents and activists have accused the soldiers of indiscriminant shooting at men, women and children, committing arson, and extrajudicial killings, according to Reuters.

The United Nations believes that the Burmese army's treatment of the Rohingya population amounts to ethnic cleansing, allegations denied by the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and the army. 

However, Myanmar authorities state that Rohingya "extremist terrorists" are to blame, after the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launched a raid, allegedly killing 100 members of government forces.

"The Burmese government should grant access to independent monitors to determine the sources of fires and assess allegations of human rights violations," stated Human Rights Watch. 

In the past three days, more than 3,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar, where the ethnic Muslim minority faces persecution, said the United Nations Refugee Agency. 

Dhaka added that there are thousands of Msulims stranded on the border wtih Myanmar. Bangladesh has taken in about 87 thousand refugees in 2016, and forcibly returned 90 this year. 

There are currently 400 thousand Rohingya people seeking refuge in Bangladesh, which some UN agencies have named "the most persecuted people in the world".